I celebrated New Year's Eve by making this Blood Orange Ricotta and Olive Oil Bundt Cake, decorated with a single sparkler to ring in the new year. I based it on one of my favorite loaves - Orange Ricotta Cake from Giada De Laurentiis - made instead with blood oranges and olive oil. I'm thankful for the blood oranges I spotted in the store for the bit of beauty and vibrant color they add to this cake. Olive oil and ricotta make this cake extra moist and lighter than the usual bundt. The blood orange juice makes for a pretty pink glaze or syrup top of the crisp, caramel-colored cake.

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